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XII, no. 12 which shows a mother-goddess upside down, giving birth to vege
on', hence presumably thc carth-mother, the other side represents her or another femalc dcity scated, with streaming hair, approached by some inalc worshipper. This last is mentioned only becausc Marshall intcrprets the scene as the sacrifice of a female by a man, for which the scal itsclf shows not the slightest evidence. The Angirasas bursting the mountain, a common cnough figure of spcech, is highly suggestive, when we compare the action of the Sungod on thc Sargonid scal, with v.45.1-3. Only the saw is nccdcd to completo the description. But the Rigvedic scenes are remarkably well depicted on Frankfort Pl. XVIII a, where the god of light bursts the mountain and causes the gates to be thrown open.
• One important difference has to be emphasized when considering these resemblances. Weapons such as spear or lance-hcads found at Mohenjodaro have been so flimsy that they could have served only for decorations in some ceremonial ; this contrasts strongly with the sturdy bronze tools found in the same deposits, and with the war-materials in Mesopotamia. Allowing for the painful incompetence of our archacologists, it still seems evident that the mechanism of violence was less developed than one would expect in a city of this sizc, even though it was primarily a trade and manufacturing center.
- The archacological evidence for battle and conquest being undcniable
ne may tenture to identify Harappa with the Hariyūpiyā of vi. 27.5, making thic assumption that the locality has picserved its name through the millennia. The himn praises Indra's shattering the front line of 130 panoplied Vịcivats whercby the rest of the army was broken in the battle on the Yavyāvati river; thuis Indra handed over thc Varaśikhas and Turvaša to Daivavăta, which may bc Srnjava as well as Abhāvartin Cavamāna. Rathore identifications, which can have littic valuc till-we read the Induer attention may again be callcd to the two seals above. The three-horned) trident which the supernal figure wears on his head in the 'sacrifice cea lated to the buffalo-born headdress of the three-faced god in the better
Cloffic. 1. as well as to thc three faces of that god, and the later tria cumbol. The adicctive śrgin does occur occasionally in the Perveda:
seems to bc threc-horned according to v.43.13 and (Agni described as) Trastr secms to bc thrcc-horned according we have noted the Visanin tribe, labcllcd sitāsas, in vii.18.Lastly, anya
astly, anyone with
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: Sayaga takes this 2n iron which ultrafoda: means 'wiih feet in the ait
lar smal woscof the iniretation on driteful to me, would com t's connect the with the particular sal worrcof the inta the 'vegetation' resernbling 2 craiy.
danta Sakti, persino the : Pafic, Erasmx7.2 s2 that Gauritii, descendant of Sakti, perfstand then
bly the old Rán. This is the only other place
car salira to reach urcat benefits on the banks of the Yayasati (presumably the old Pái, Thirinin
me atyrie. As Darrivata i 2 Bharata, chee 1 harc ten able to find rithont of the two placc-12m" ałynie. Ac Daire
sistent and has a historical appearanc.. Gauricili a Varistha, the wholr: arrunt is ourally consistent and har hírtcsinal
